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GC 974.102 B45AR, 1899
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01845 6696
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
AND
FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF THE
TOWN OF BERWICK,
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, BOARD OF HEALTH, AND ROAD COMMISSIONER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1899.
SOMERSWORTH, N. H .: THE FREE PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1899.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES AND
FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF THE
TOWN OF BERWICK,
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, BOARD OF HEALTH, AND ROAD COMMISSIONER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1899.
SOMERSWORTH, N. H. : THE FREE PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1899.
REPORT
Valuation of town for the year 1898, Number of polls, Rate of taxation, per thousand,
$945,985 00 586
$18 40
APPROPRIATIONS.
State tax,
$2,616 97
County tax,
1,104 74
Poor and incidentals,
2,500 00
Public schools,
3,100 00
Free High school,
900 00
Text books,
300 00
Repairs on school houses,
300 00
Outstanding notes,
2,200 00
Highways and bridges,
2,500 00
Brick sidewalk, cor. School and Wilson streets,
300 00
Interest on bonds,
660 00
Electric lights,
900 00
Engine company,
600 00
Hose for Triumph Engine company,
300 00
Littlefield Post, G. A. R.,
70 00
Overlay,
812 41
$19,164 12
4
PRIOR BILLS.
A. E. Ross, labor in Dist. 7, $ 3 83
Samuel Tibbetts, services as constable for 1897, 12 00
Fred B. Pert, labor in Dist. 8, 1 20
James H. Tibbetts 3, 1 50
James H. Tibbetts
4,
1 20
Frank Libby
Noah W. Randall 1,
7 50
Harry F. Whitehouse . 8,
2 25
E. A. Tibbets & Son, machine bolts,
59
E. A. Tibbets & Son, supplies,
16 68
E. A. Tibbets & Son, dynamite, fuse, etc., Dist. 29, 2 70
W. H. Rich, services as overseer of poor, 25 00
E. A. Tibbets & Son, drain pipe, Dist. 4, 7 20
A. W. Guptill, labor in Dist. 27, 12 75
Charles L. Lord 6,
75
John A. Roberts 4,
7 20
Thomas Doeg 22,
1 95
Henry J. Austin, repairs on road machine, 4 50
Joseph B. Goodwin, labor in Dist. 20,
18 08
Joseph B. Goodwin, labor on culvert, Long swamp, 1 20
Frank A. Coffin, labor in Dist. 6,
1 47
A. E. Pike 6,
2 55
John W. Mathews 16,
8 55
W. H. Annis 15,
6 00
3, 1 50
George Davis 7, 1 50
5
Joseph F. Hilliard, labor on G. S. Tibbetts bridge, 75
Joseph F. Hilliard, labor on Worster and Twombly bridges,
2 25
Joseph F. Hilliard, labor in Dist. 7,
3 15
Ezra B. Gordon 30, 97
John M. Blaisdell, labor on culvert, Long swamp,
1 20
Daniel Hodsdon, stock and labor,
3 25
John E. Frost, labor in Dist: 30,
2 50
John E. Frost, lumber,
20
Charles A. Ricker, labor in Dist. 27,
45
E. Sanville
16,
1 50
W. B. Andrews
15,
4 50
Edgar Garland 18, 4 50
George Moore, medicine for Lord family,
3 70
George Moore, supplies for Engine company,
1 10
Fred E. Lord, labor in Dist. 28,
1 95
Alfred Welch 19,
3 83
E. W. Abbott 27, 3 45
Frank A. Coffin, labor on Libbey bridge,
1 50
E. Sanville, labor in Dist. 16,
1 20
George F. W. Tibbetts, labor in Dist. 16,
20 63
F. J. Downs
4,
1 43
F. J. Downs
5,
1 80
D. B. Pike
28,
2 18
Ray B. Goodwin
9,
1 13
John Gowell
19,
2 45
Hugh Boyd
7,
3 15
6
James McKay, labor in Dist. 7, 2 10
Howard Goding 7,
3 00
Herman A. Wiggin 6,
3 75
Ray F. Hayes 27,
90
E. C. Copland 8,
2 94
Leroy Nason, printing town reports, 54 90
A. A. Gerrish, labor in Dist. 22, 10 65
C. H. Doran 12,
3 00
Will White
6,
75
John Wentworth 6,
1 95
George C. Shorey
28,
1 20
W. H. Clay
5,
3 15
F. J. Bodwell 5,
60
W. Huntress 27,
75
E. A. Tibbets & Son, drain pipe, Dist. 30, 28 22
E. A. Tibbets & Son, hardware for highways, 19 76
E. A. Tibbets & Son, hardware for town farm, 50 34
John O. Roberts, labor on Sullivan street side- walk, 1 50
Lucy Bailey, labor in Dist. 5,
75
John W. Day 16, 3 75
John W. Day 6,
60
John H. Emery, auditing town accounts, 1898, 4 00
W. M. Tibbets, labor in Dist. 2,
3 75
A. J. Wallingford 3,
1 50
F. E. Glover 27,
60
Willis M. Tibbetts 3,
8 17
Harry Russell 28, 53
7
H. V. Noyes, attendance on Elizabeth Lord,
8 00
T. R. Wentworth. labor in Dist. 8, 90
Charles E. Hartford 27, 4 50
James W. Quint
10,
4 75
George A. Frost, coal for engine house, 5 07
George A. Frost, coal for lock-up,
3 38
Spence & Coombs, culvert on Sullivan street,
25 52
Paul Hussey,
labor in Dist. 29,
11 70
Alexander Cooper 6,
3 75
George Knox 2,
2 25
John L. Goodwin 21,
45
Jason A. Tibbetts, labor on G. S. Tibbetts' bridge, 3 00
George S. Tibbetts, lumber in Dist. 3, 4 60
A. A. Guptill, labor in Dist. 28, 90
I. L. Clark
11,
12 00
C. S. Hussey
24,
8 10
John Grant
27,
4 20
Henry Goodrich 20, 24 83
Henry Goodrich, labor on culvert, swamp road, 3 60
Obediah Leonard, labor in Dist. 28, 1 20
Henry J. Folsom, services as police in 1897, 4 00
B. P. Lord, labor in Dist. 4,
1 50
B. P. Lord 5,
4 50
C. L. Lord 27, 8 25
J. F. Robinson & Co., groceries for Martha Lord, 159 62 Harrison Webster, labor in Dist. 3, 2 25
M. W. Horne
1,
1 50
8
William Tibbetts, labor in Dist. 30,
6 00
O. E. Fall
6,
1 20
D. Hurd
27,
60
D. H. Toothaker
1,
48 30
John M. Blaisdell
20,
13 88
Fred Sullivan
9,
1 80
Simeon Marcott
9,
75
Joe Welch
9,
1 05
Tom Quilette
9,
68
Leon Jarvis
9,
1 12
Clement Gardreau
9,
5 70
Jerry Naylor
9,
1 05
Peter Duchame
9,
60
Timothy Collins
9,
2 85
Albert Lemnay
9,
1 12
Louis Carpenter
9,
9 67
Phil Houle
9,
38
R. L. & C. R. Goodwin
9,
5 40
Fred Flude
9,
1 05
Joe Hamill
9,
1 80
Justin E. Hobbs.
25,
15 00
Herman M. Cram
28,
1 20
Lewis C. Flagg, collecting taxes, 1897,
260 00
George A. Goodrich, labor in Dist. 22,
1 73
James A. Place
8,
6 82
W. T. Whitehouse, jr.
10,
1 50
Amos Wallingford
3,
1 50
A. J. Andrews
16,
1 50
9
Joseph Hobbs, labor in Dist. 10,
3 00
J. W. Wentworth 16,
45
Estate of Gilman Stacy 26,
14 25
Charles Towne 1,
60
A. McPhee
7,
2 10
J. H. Grant
24,
6 53
D. E. Knox
6,
75
C. E. Ricker 27,
6 00
Great Falls Manufacturing Co., cinders,
17 70
Mrs. Samuel Hubbard, pine boards,
2 00
Mrs. Samuel Hubbard, labor in Dist. 3,
15 75
Mrs. Samuel Hubbard 2,
3 15
Mrs. Samuel Hubbard, labor on G. S. Tibbetts' bridge, 4 50
Frank Johnston, labor in Dist. 7,
3 60
Luther Nason 1,
45
S. H. Perkins 11,
3 75
Great Falls Granite Co., Bragdon culvert,
13 20
Spence & Coombs, labor in Dist. 30, 12 75
Spence & Coombs, stone for Worster bridge, 18 00
Spence & Coombs, material and labor on sidewalk, 10 75 J. B. Adams, labor in Dist. 11, 1 35
F. J. Downs 5, 18 00
C. T. Ferguson
7,
3 52
L. D. Lord
28,
75
E. B. Farwell
13,
3 52
Ephraim Lord
4,
98
Ephraim Lord
5, 3 00
10
Seth A. Tarr, labor in Dist. 1,
45
B. P. Lord 4,
1 28
Calvin Stillings 27,
2 85
Samuel K. Butler 28,
75
Byron Tibbetts 12,
2 78
Noah Randall
1,
45
William Gowen
7,
6 04
E. A. Smith
9,
1 50
E. W. Abbott 27,
D. M. Edson
6,
37
W. C. Lord
6,
11 70
E. M. Ham
10,
6 15
Frank Grant 25,
8 10
Samuel E. Guptill 14,
7 20
W. D. Spencer, services in full as school supt., 75 00
J. F. Robinson & Co., grain for town farm, 14 29
S. B. Abbott, labor in Dist. 14,
7 50
Levi K. Brackett 27,
60
G. F. W. Tibbetts
16,
60
H. H. Hobbs
25,
3 60
Ezra Goodrich 22,
3 75
Noah Thompson 26,
9 00
George A. Frost, coal for Martha Lord,
6 75
S. B. Abbott, labor in Dist. 14, 7 50
L. K. Brackett 27, . 60
W. D. Spencer, services as supt. of schools for 1897-8, to balance account, 50 00
G. F. W. Tibbetts, labor in Dist. 16, 60
1 05
11
Homer H. Hobbs, labor in Dist. 25, 3 60
Ezra Goodrich 22, 3 75
Noah Thompson 26, 9 00
G. A. Frost, coal for Martha Lord, 6 75
G. M. Ferguson, labor in Dist. 7, 1 42
G. W. Gerrish, appraising property at town farm, 1 50
T. S. Hanson, labor in Dist. 24,
1 50
T. S. Hanson 29,
4 20
Clark J. Tibbetts 6,
1 87
O. C. Grant
10,
14 40
W. Knight 10,
90
G. H. Worster 7,
4 50
G. H. Worster 1, 2 55
T. A. Russell 11, 23 20
D. W. Spencer, appraising property at town farm, 1 50
J. F. Nason, labor in Dist. 6,
5 32
J. Emery
13,
2 73
H. N. Mathews 15,
1 80
Mathews Bros., lumber for culvert on swamp road, 6 51
H. A. Wiggin, labor in Dist. 6,
2 25
Arthur Grant 10,
1 50
C. A. Fall
5,
75
J. H. Clement 15,
90
E. G. Andrews 17, 4 50
W. B. Andrews, bill of 1894, approved by C. S. Hussey, 2 55
W. B. Andrews, labor in Dist. 15, 45
12
F. H. Stillings, labor in Dist. 29, 6 00
John E. Frost, lumber in Dist. 28, 1 85
S. T. Goodrich, labor in Dist. 22, 60
Hiram Hurd 16,
83
C. M. Guptill, storing road machine, 2 00
$1,668 09
CURRENT HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
John L. Goodwin, labor, $ 3 00
Mark Bradish 2 25
Charles Goding 4 05
Adelphis Ramo 4 50
A. A. Guptill
11 10'
Charles H. Bailey
18 15
Obadiah Leonard 4 80
H. E. Coffin 20 32
H. F. Howard, concrete walk and driveway, 257 85
E. W. Hanscom, services as road commissioner, 200 30
E. W. Hanscom, labor,
513 52
C. W. Fall
20 25
James Porter
1 50
S. M. Wentworth
52 83
J. H. Clement
6 60
Charles Goodrich
5 25
John Demers
1 50
C. R. Goodwin
17 40
NOTE .- Through an oversight in the Prior Bills, the following were printed in duplicate; they should have appeared only once:
S. B. Abbott. $ 7 50
L. K. Brackett 60
G. F. W. Tibbets 60
H. H. Hobbs
1 25
H. H. Hobbs
2 35
E. Goodrich.
3 75
N. Thompson
9 00
G. A. Frost.
6 75
W. D. Spencer
50 00
$81 80
Total, less this amount ....... $1586 29
Ezra B. Gordon
2 40
Daniel Knox
3 00
James H: Littlefield
18 75
J. M. Russell
8 03
Charles F. Andrews
3 00
Spence & Coombs
22 15
Oscar Davis
1 50
A. A. Gerrish
19 50
David Guptill
2 55
I. L. Clark
4 50
John Grant
3 15
F. B. Mulloy
4 87
E. L. Place
75
Ephraim Lord
9 23
George A. Goodrich
2 55
Roswell Blanchard
3 60
A. W. Guptill
18 15
Calvin Stillings
8 70
Charles E. Beale
7 13
Clarence Ricker
6 83
Frank Kenney
4 80
Eli Bunker
1 28
14
J. B. Bragdon, labor, 8 63
W. F. Wilkinson
6 00
F. H. Johnston 3 75
C. H. Babb
2 70
A. A. Glidden
5 70
J. H. Wilkinson
2 25
Noah Randall
10 80
Frank Hayes
2 55
Harry Tibbetts
2 55
J. H. Gerrish
1 65
Garland Wallingford
5 40
L. N. Gerrish
1 50
Charles E. Libbey
5 55
Fred Norman
1 20
Charles A. Ricker, gravel and labor,
11 58
William Gowen, labor,
4 50
William C. McCue
3 08
E. W. Abbott, gravel and labor,
7 95
Fred Lord, labor,
1 35
Walter C. Lord
3 75
E. Sanville
7 65
E. M. Ham
63 00
Howard Goding
3 30
John M. Blaisdell
75
G. F. Tibbetts
11 03
John Gowell
20 03
Henry Goodrich
3 75
M. B. Hopkins
1 20
15
Henry W. Brown, labor,
2 85
C. S. Hussey
31 80
George A Frost, plank and labor
23 40
John Mayo, labor,
1 95
G. W. Gerrish
6 75
Alex Cooper .4 50
O. C. Grant
6 75
C. E. Clark
1 05
Clark J. Tibbetts
3 45
R. C. Clark
60
P. L. Gerrish
3 00
Moses W. Horne
7 50
Samuel Tibbetts
75
H. F. Gowen
10 20
Frank E. Libbey
5 78
Charles Kay
2 25
George Dube
60
Leon Jarvis.
60
R. L. & C. R. Goodwin
3 75
Albert Fountain
1 05
M. Angelo
2 85
C. H. Doran
2 40
Moses Fountain
1 05
Joseph Beliveau
1 05
George Bedar
1 05
E. J. Lanyon
1 05
M. Doherty
1 05
Ed Lord
3 00
16
S. B. Abbott, labor,
8 47
T. A. Russell 16 60
D. W. Spencer
1 20
Joseph Mayo
1 95
Tellis Mayo
1 35
A. A. Hurd
75
E. A. Ricker
1 05
A. H. Proctor
18 45
J. F. Nason
5 40
Justin E. Hobbs
11 00
Estate of Gilman Stacy
16 05
John W. Day
3 20
W. R. Libbey
3 60
Eddie Day
2 25
J. W. Butler
3 60
Paul Hussey
27 15
Luther Nason
1 50
L. M. Ross
3 75
Samuel Knox
2 40
H. Bellamere
45
E. Flannigan
90
J. Diveney
90
F. Clark
1 43
Ed Marcotte
90
B. Dube
90
Peter Welch
75
Bert Harvey
90
Clement Jardin 90
17
Alfred Welch, labor,
60
T. S. Hurd 6 30
L. A. Emery 2 10
J. Emery
5 48
O. E. Fall
9 98
J .. W. Mathews
82 15
H. N. Mathews
26 10
Mathews Bros., plank and timber,
82 91
John E. Yeaton, labor,
3 75
G. E. Tibbetts
1 05
Daniel C. Smith
2 40
Everett Chick
2 03
R. A. Wood
6 00
N. Terrion
2 85
C. H. Doran
8 63
H. A. Wiggin
3 15
Arthur Grant ,
1 50
H. Webster
7 65
Lindsey Knox
4 8.0
C. A. Fall
17 26
D. W. Guptill
11 70
A. Farwell
1 05
A. J. Wallingford
1 35
Peter Drapeau
3 00
Paul Dillingham
1 20
Frank Guptill
68
Joshua Grant
10 05
J. F. Hilliard
3 75
18
Hollis Guptill, labor,
10 65
T. S. Hanson
2 25
D. B. Andrews 5 40
E. G. Andrews 3 75
H. H. Hurd
9 45
Eli Bunker
2.33
C. M. Hubbard
1 65
S. T. Goodrich
10 35
Alex Martin
2 25
Hiram Hurd
60
W. H. Annis
2 03
Noah Thompson
9 75
George Knox
10 20
C. M. Guptill
2 40
Alonzo D. Bragdon
4 25
W. B. Andrews
19 65
Mark Worster, jr.
24 15
George A. Bodwell
1 65
J. H. Emery
1 28
F. H. Stillings
4 50
Eli N. Stillings
3 00
J. O. Gowell
75
Israel Goodrich
2 25
Byron A. Tibbetts
5 40
R. F. Brackett
7 95
Ashton Goodrich
1 50
J. M. Blaisdell
2 25
(). A. Hooper
45
-
19
James C. Blaisdell, labor,
7 35
A. Jatrus
30
Thomas Jones
2 10
George H. Hall
11 40
C. W. Fall
30
$2,288 16
INCIDENTAL BILLS.
Leroy Nason, printing assessors' notices, 1 00
Leroy Nason, printing highway bills, 1 75
Leroy Nason, printing tax bills, 2 50
Crawford, Tolles & Co., insurance,
37 50
Great Falls Gas Light Co., gas for Engine house,
3 83
S. M. Wentworth, time and expense to Augusta, with A. A. Guptill, 17 00
Loring, Short & Harmon, merchandise,
10 70
Day & Co's express, express,
40
James A. Bragdon, painting engine house,
15 50
Charles Banfill, trucking hose, 70
George W. Goodwin, trucking hose, 2 00
Charles N. Hurd, extra work at Frost fire,
2 00
Orin Knox, mileage tickets, etc., 7 38
John E. Frost, repairs on hose carriage, 2 00
V. A. Libby, extra work at Frost fire,
2 00
Geo. H. Shirley, extra work at Frost fire, 2 00
F. E Stone, postage, 3 00
20
F. E. Stone, box rent, 60
F. E. Glover, extra work at Frost fire, 2 00
Free Press Publishing Co., printing, 16 25
George H. Shirley, services as ballot clerk, 2 00
H. V. Noyes, attendance on C. H. Leigh, 3 00
J. M. Davis, care of A. A. Guptill at Wells, 7 00
Crawford, Tolles & Co., insurance, 37 50
Paul Hussey, public watering trough, 3 00
Day & Co's express, express, 25
Timothy H. Lord, care of C. H. Leigh, 1 50
J. M. Russell, expenses to Augusta in McGovern case, 7 00
W. J. Staples, care of A. A. Guptill, 7 00
F. A. Spencer, care of A. A. Guptill,
17 25
Mrs. Samuel Hubbard, sheep killed by dogs, 6 00
Fred Spencer, extra work at Frost fire, 2 00
J. A. Bragdon, special police, July 3 and 4, and care of A. A. Guptill. 8 00
H. V. Noyes, reporting births and deaths, 6 75
F. E. Stone, box rent, 20
Charles H. Babb, extra work at Frost fire, 2 00
Orin Knox, mileage furnished S. Tibbetts, 9 00
Orin Knox, services as truant officer, 12 50
L. E. Grant, reporting births and deaths, 4 00
Henry H. Lord, special police, July 3 and 4, 4 00
30 00
J. R. Horne, damage to hose,
E. Sanville, public watering trough, 3 00
Frank Grant, damage to pung, 2 50
21
W. D. Spencer, services in part as supt. of schools, 150 00 C. E. Marshall, rent of engine house lot, 35 00
E. F. Gowell, services as town counsel, 20 50
George A. Frost, coal for lock-up, 3 25
George A. Frost, wood for C. H. Leigh, 1 00
Great Falls National Bank, interest on note, 100 00
Joseph Brock & Sons, merchandise, 1 40
George A. Frost, coal for engine house, 6 50
Samuel Tibbetts, services as constable,
12 00
Samuel Tibbetts, care of McGovern, R. C. Clark, public watering trough,
8 00
3 00
W. J. Staples, services as police and constable, 12 00
T. A. Russell, services as ballot clerk, 2 00
D. W. Spencer, public watering trough, 3 00
C. R. Goodwin, car fare to Boston for Patrick McQuirk, 1 72
A. B. Spencer & Son, brush and oil for engine house, 70
C. P Gerrish, reporting births and deaths, 4 75
C. P. Gerrish, services rendered Patrick McQuirk, 1 00
George A. Frost, coal for engine house, 6 50
George A. Frost, supplies for engine company, 7 90
D. W. Guptill, appraising property at town farm, 1 50
J. M. Russell, repairing guide boards, 50
George W. Lord, rent of town house lot, 20 00
J. L. Stone, services as ballot clerk, 2 00
C. M. Guptill, services as special police, 4 00
Elmer E. Frost, services as ballot clerk, 2 00
22
J. C. Nutter, window for lock-up, 2 25
George H. Randall, public watering trough, 3 00
John E. Frost, pumping water for Frost fire, 15 00
A. B. Spencer, supplies for police station, 50 Daniel Hodsdon, hardware, 2 75
S. M. Wentworth, services as selectman, assessor and overseer of poor, 107 00
J. M. Russell, services as selectman, assessor and overseer of poor, 97 50
C. R. Goodwin, services as selectman, assessor and overseer of poór, 96 25
R. L. Goodwin, surveying Wilson street,
1 50
A. B. Spencer, stationery, postage and revenue stamps, 2 90
John H. Stillings, services as town clerk, 20 00
John H. Stillings, recording vital statistics, 14 55
L. C. Flagg, for enforcing dog law, 15 00
L. C. Flagg, services as constable, 25 00
L. C. Flagg, services in part as collector, 1898, 100 00
L. E. Grant, examination of William McGovern, 2 00
$1,220 98
SCHOOL ACCOUNTS.
Appropriation for common schools, $3,100 00
Appropriation for High school, 900 00
From state for High school, 250 00
23
State fund and mill tax,
1,594 32
300 00
Appropriated for text books, Appropriated for repairs,
300 00
Total,
$6,444 32
SCHOOL BILLS PRIOR TO MARCH 1, 1898.
Harry D. Knox, janitor,
$ 2 70
George Moore, chemicals, etc., 7 10
Ernest A. Hooper, janitor,
6 00
Lizzie B. Smith, teaching,
35 00
E. A. Tibbets, garden barrow,
3 75
S. B. Abbott, wood,
3 00
Clara A. Lord, teaching,
216 00
Pearl G. Gerrish, outhouse,
49 58
Great Falls (as Light Co., gas for High school,
23
Maude Wakefield, teaching,
60 00
Bessie B. Grant
70 00
Grace B. Guptill
70 00
Bertha B. Grant
96 00
Belle L. Libbey
70 00
Evelyn C. Harrington
140 00
Lillian M. Hurd
60 00
J. O. Roberts
432 00
Georgina M. Durant
70 00
Myra Wentworth
70 00
J. O. Roberts, care of boiler,
65 50
24
Thomas Kome & Co., desks, etc.,
79 09
Iva E. Littlefield, janitor,
1 50
Daniel Hodsdon, stove,
9 00
George A. Frost, wood,
27 00
Paul Hussey, wood,
2 50
A. Carter & Son, curtains,
1 50
Town of North Berwick, tuition.
30 00
Boston School Supply Co., books,
14 40
S. A. Seavey, paint, etc.,
68 02
George W. Snow, teaching,
270 00
Anna M. Spence, janitor,
16 50
South Berwick, tuition,
67 20
$2,113 57
BILLS FOR TEACHING, FUEL AND CARE OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
George A. Frost, wood,
$20 00
Lulie J. Ross, janitor,
1 50
Ralph Downs
15 00
Melissa J. Downs, cleaning school house,
3 68
D. F. Butler, janitor,
39 00
Evelyn C. Harrington, teaching,
140 00
Lizzie B. Smith
70 00
George A. Chick, janitor,
3 00
Mary D. Clark, teaching,
140 00
Jennie B. Clark
130 00
25
C. W. Banfill, cleaning vaults,
6 00
Minnie C. Clark, teaching,
140 00
Belle L. Libbey
140 00
Annie H. Downs
210 00
Myra Wentworth
70 00
Roger L. Clement, janitor,
1 50
Maude Wakefield, teaching,
60 00
Louis Bouchet, janitor,
1 50
Justin E. Hobbs, transporting,
42 00
Bessie B. Grant, teaching,
140 00
Charles E. Hobbs, janitor,
3 00
James Staples, wood,
2 50
Georgina Durant, teaching,
70 00
Town of South Berwick, tuition,
33 00
Belle E. Chick, teaching,
140 00
Bertha B. Grant
192 00
G. W. Snow
540 00
Grace B. Guptill
60 00
Gertrude Downs
120 00
John O. Roberts
216 00
John O. Roberts, care of boiler,
25 00
Clara A. Lord, teaching,
108 00
Ernest Hooper, janitor,
6 00
Lida M. Place, teaching,
60 00
Oscar Fields, janitor,
4 10
Almira Goodrich, janitor,
1 50
Carrie Twombly, teaching,
60 00
Annie Ross, janitor,
3 00
26
C. S. Hussey, wood, 11 50
S. B. Abbott 7 50
Minnie C. Clark, teaching,
70 00
Gertrude Downs 70 00
John F. Chick, janitor,
4 50
Belle E. Chick, teaching,
70 00
John O. Roberts
252 00
John O. Roberts, care of boiler,
35 00
Lizzie B. Smith, teaching,
35 00
J. A. Place, wood,
2 00
Ernest Hooper, janitor,
3 00
Lida M. Place, teaching,
60 00
C. H. Doran, wood,
16 14
C. H. Doran
9 62
C. H. Doran
12 75
Harrison Webster
12 00
A. J. Guptill
6 75
G. A. Frost, wood and coal,
212 12
Belle L Libbey, teaching,
70 00
Paul Hussey, wood,
1 50
South Berwick, tuition,
27 00
A. H. Proctor, wood,
14 00
Roger L. Clement, janitor,
3 00
Grace B. Guptill, teaching,
70 00
Jennie B. Clarke
70 00
Mary D. Clarke
140 00
Mathews Bros., wood,
26 75
Clara A. Lord, teaching,
108 00
27
Carrie Twombly
60 00
Grace B. Guptill
70 00
$4,567 41
BILLS FOR TEXT BOOKS, ETC.
George W. Snow, two cells, $ 1 20
American Express Co., express, 7 00
C. H. Wells, courses of study, etc., 8 50
Great Falls Gas Light Co., gas for Sullivan school, 1 05
Day & Co's express, express,
80
Myra Wentworth, drawing material,
75
J. L. Hammett & Co., supplies,
17 36
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
3 12
D. C. Heath & Co.
26 93
Silver, Burdett & Co.
5 30
Bausch & Lomb
2 49
Ginn & Co.
74 34
Maynard, Merrill & Co.
25 58
D. H. Knowlton
1 50
A. B. Spencer
20 84
George Moore, chemicals, etc.,
9 49
206 25
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BILLS FOR REPAIRS, ETC.
J. A. Bragdon, labor and material, $ 10 50
C. A. Dunn, settee, curtains, etc., 11 65
H. R. Schulmaier & J. A. Bragdon, painting school houses, 146 50
Chandler Chair and Desk Co., mdse.,
20 70
John E. Frost, repairing pump,
1 25
J. W. Sanborn, table, 2 50
F. E. Stone, electric bell,
90
A. A. Glidden, cleaning well,
1 50
A. L. Tuttle, labor and material,
4 38
I. L. Clark 14 65
H. R. Schulmaier, labor, 2 50
D. Hodsdon, mdse. and labor,
21 66
A. J. Guptill, repairs,
50
S. M. Wentworth
50
Mathews Bros., shingles, etc.,
27 38
J. L. Stone, repairs, 45
$267 52
Bills paid,
$7,154 75
Funds available,
6,444 32
Balance against town,
$710 43
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ABATEMENTS.
Paul Hussey, poll tax, $ 3 00
Lewis C. Flagg, on list of 1897, 23 23
Fellows & Son, on tax in 1898,
3 68
Chas. H. Seavey & Co., on tax in 1898, 5 52
Lewis C. Flagg, on polls, 6 00
Lewis C. Flagg, on personal property tax, 9 60
Lewis C. Flagg, on ministerial fund, 12 88
Lewis C. Flagg, on estate of Edward Thompson, 17 75
$81 66
LITTLEFIELD POST, NO. 8, G. A. R.
A. L. Faunce, Treas., for Memorial Day,
$70 00
TRIUMPH ENGINE COMPANY.
Services,
$600 00
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Lights to Jan. 31, 13 months, $919 00
30
POOR AWAY FROM FARM.
Rosilla Lord, care of Lord family, $ 7 00
Maine Insane Hospital, board and supplies, 486 97
A. Carter & Son, dry goods for Lord family, 8 25
A. B. Spencer & Son, groceries for Mrs. Russell, 3 93
Rosilla Lord, care of Lord family, 12 00
A. L. Tuttle, labor and supplies for Lord family, 3 50
A. H. Proctor, supplies for Lord family, 35 20
J. W. Day, repairs on Lord house, 5 09
A. B. Spencer & Son, groceries for Mr. Provinchia, 1 52
A. B. Spencer, burial for Florence Russell, 20 00
A. B. Spencer, burial for Mrs. Maude Burke, 20 00
G. A. Frost, coal for Lord family, 9 75
Bates & Co., supplies for Lord family, 3 35
George Moore 18 75
J. H. Clement, milk for Lord family, 18 25
H. V. Noyes, attendance on Lord family, 13 00
Rosilla Lord, care of Lord family, 7 00
$673 56
TOWN FARM ACCOUNT.
E. A. Ricker, supplies, $ 7 45
G. S. Foye 29 89
A. H. Proctor, services in part as superintendent, 175 00 E. A. Tibbets & Son, hardware, 75 53
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A. B. Spencer & Son, groceries, 105 97
W. L. Butterfield, feed, 4 95
E. A. Hilton & Son, groceries, 33 77
S. B. Marston, blacksmith work, Stillings Bros., groceries,
12 40
25 75
C. W. Fall, farm tools and ashes,
14 00
$484 69
BOARD OF HEALTH.
A. C. Ferguson, inspecting premises as per bill, $ 6 00 H. V. Noyes, services in Bernier diphtheria case, 20 00
C. M. Guptill, services on board of health, 5 00
H. V. Noyes 10 00
George Moore, medicines and supplies in diph- theria cases, 28 12
Stillings Bros., goods furnished J. Bernier in diphtheria cases, 5 29
$74 41
BRICK SIDEWALK.
Spence & Coombs, labor and material,
$300 00
HOSE FOR TRIUMPH ENGINE.
Boston Belting Company, 500 ft. hose,
$250 00
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RECAPITULATION.
APPROPRIATIONS :
For highways and bridges,
$2,500 00
poor and incidentals,
2,500 00
schools,
6,444 32
Memorial day,
70 00
Triumph Engine Company,
600 00
electric lights,
900 00
interest on bonds,
660 00
outstanding notes,
2,200 00
brick walk,
300 00
new hose,
300 00
overlay,
812 41
$17,286 73
DISBURSEMENTS :
Prior bills, other than school,
$1,586 29
Highways and bridges,
2,288 16
Incidentals,
1,220 98
Schools,
7,154 75
Abatements,
81 66
Memorial day,
70 00
Triumph Engine Company,
600 00
Electric lights,
919 00
Poor away from farm,
673 56
Poor farm account,
484 69
Board of health,
74 41
Brick walk,
300 00
Hose for Triumph engine,
250 00
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$15,703 50
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REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONER.
BERWICK, ME., Feb. 23, 1899.
Amount expended for highways and bridges, $2,479 08
Expended on highways in summer, $1,038 40 on highways in winter, 982 83 for road machine, $225
Cr. by old machine, 25
200 00
Expended for concrete sidewalk,
257 85
$2,479 08
E. W. HANSCOM, Road Commissioner.
The foregoing is a correct statement of the business transactions of the town of Berwick, for the year ending March 1, 1899.
S. M. WENTWORTH, Selectmen J. M. RUSSELL, of C. R. GOODWIN, Berwick.
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Having examined the foregoing accounts, I find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
JOHN H. EMERY, Auditor.
34 TOWN FARM.
A. H. PROCTOR, Supt. of Town Farm, In acct. with TOWN OF BERWICK, Feb. 23, 1899.
CASH RECEIVED.
Feb. 19, 1898, cash on hand,
$131 72
Vegetables,
$ 47 47
Labor,
40 95
Live stock,
204 50
Milk,
169 41
Wood and lumber,
45 00
Hay and straw,
23 82
Miscellaneous,
3 85
535 00
$666 72
CASH PAID OUT.
Dry goods and clothing,
$ 76 90
Meat and fish,
38 60
Boots and shoes,
41 51
Miscellaneous,
35 69
Grain,
25 00
Live Stock,
160 00
Ashes and fertilizer,
30 00
Drugs and medicine,
13 60
Groceries,
70 44 )
35
Blacksmith work,
14 02
- $505 76 --
Cash on hand,
160 96
$666 72
A. H. PROCTOR, Supt.
S. M. WENTWORTH, J. M. RUSSELL, of
Overseers
C. R. GOODWIN, Poor.
INVENTORY.
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